International Philosophy Olympiad
The International Philosophy Olympiad ( IPO ) is an international essay competition for schoolchildren and is part of the Science Olympiad . Each participating country sends two candidates and the host country sends ten.
history
The IPO was founded in 1993 on the initiative of Ivan Kolev from the University of Sofia in Bulgaria. The aim of the Olympics was to help replace the Marxist-Leninist-oriented school subjects that were taught in Eastern European countries from 1947 to 1990. The first Olympiad took place in 1993 in Smoljan , Bulgaria, with delegations from three countries, Bulgaria, Romania (led by Elena Florina Otet) and Turkey (led by Nuran Direk). In the second edition, held in Petrich , Bulgaria, in 1994 , delegations from two other countries were added: Poland (chaired by Władysław Krajewski) and Germany (chaired by Gerd Gerhardt). Together with Hungary (head: Katalin Havas) these countries founded the IPO. The IPO received support from UNESCO. Since 2001 the IPO has been supported by the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (FISP) and UNESCO .
In 2012 at the IPO in Oslo, Norway, the number of participating countries rose by a third to 40. The IPO planned for 2020 in Lisbon could not be carried out due to the effects of the corona pandemic. Instead, Slovenia is organizing an electronic IPO (e-IPO).
Qualification process in German-speaking countries
The qualification for the IPO is very similar in the three German-speaking countries Germany, Austria and Switzerland, despite minor national differences.
As the founding country, Germany has been participating in the IPO regularly since 1994. The qualification takes place in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia via a two-stage process and is advertised as an essay competition. Four essays from each of the five administrative districts will be selected from the essays submitted for the state competition by December 6th. Their authors and 6 others from other federal states (a total of 26 participants) are invited to the Philosophical Winter Academy in Münster. This takes place in January or February of the following year. As part of a four-day philosophical seminar, applicants write their essays (in English or French) through which two participants are selected for the IPO.
Austria was represented as a participating country for the first time in 2005 in Warsaw (Poland) at the IPO. In 2004, however, an Austrian was already there as a member of the German delegation in Seoul (South Korea). The qualification takes place via a two-stage process. In the first stage, the state competition, the authors of the two or three best essays in each state are selected. They are invited to the Philosophy Academy, within the framework of which the national competition takes place. A further essay competition will determine two participants for the IPO.
Switzerland was represented for the first time in 2006 in Cosenza (Italy) at the IPO. All students can take part in the Swiss Philosophy Olympiad if they have not yet graduated. The qualification takes place via a three-stage process: first round, semi-finals, national final. From the essays submitted in the first round, the best will be selected and their authors will be invited to semifinals. Here the candidates can qualify for the national final. In this the two participants are selected for the IPO.
Course of the competition
The IPO takes four to five days. As a rule, the competition takes place on the first day after arrival at the venue. A philosophical essay must be written on one of four given topics. This must be done in German, English, French or Spanish, but the selected language must not be the mother tongue or the official language of the country of origin. The essays will be judged by the teachers who traveled with them and by representatives of the FISP. The best essays will be rewarded with gold, silver and bronze medals or awards (Honorable Mention).
Previous venues and awards
| No. | year | venue | gold | silver | bronze | Honorable Mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993 | Smolyan (Bulgaria) | ||||
| 2 | 1994 | Petric (Bulgaria) | ||||
| 3 | 1995 | Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) | Andrea Fortuna
Katya Todorova |
Mateusz Olszewski | Elisaveta Varbanova | |
| 4th | 1996 | Istanbul (Turkey) | ||||
| 5 | 1997 | Warsaw (Poland) | ||||
| 6th | 1998 | Braşov (Romania) | ||||
| 7th | 1999 | Budapest (Hungary) | ||||
| 8th | 2000 | Münster (Germany) | Ognyan Kassabov (BUL) | Gianluca Rossi (ITA) | Boris Popivanov (BUL) | |
| 9 | 2001 | Philadelphia (USA) | Ute Scholl (DEU) | Laura Lapierre (VEN) | Felix von Lehmden (DEU) | |
| 10 | 2002 | Tokyo (Japan) | Silvia Crupano (ITA) | Vasilescu Ion Gheorghe (ROM) | Akse Pettersson (FIN) | |
| 11 | 2003 | Buenos Aires (Argentina) | Torsten Schoeneberg (DEU) | Sergio Barberis (ARG) | Gabriel Abelof (ARG) | Sarah Helduser (DEU),
Mete Tuczu (TUR), Hyun Lee (KOR), Francesco D'Acunto (ITA), Wojciech Orowiecki (POL), Andrei Poama (ROM), Sezen Kayhan (TUR) |
| 12 | 2004 | Seoul (South Korea) | Leopold Hess (POL) | Joanna Kusiak (POL),
Lukas Steinacher (AUT), Mert Bahadir Reisoglu (TUR) |
Seungwon Chang (KOR),
Matija Lavrinc (SVN), German Diaz (ARG), Valeriya T. Vitkova (BUL), Elena Bellodi (ITA), David Kovacs (HUN), Andreea Elena Simion (ROM) |
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| 13 | 2005 | Warsaw (Poland) | Mikolaj Ratajczak (POL),
Tomasz Przezdziecki (POL), Alexandru Marcoci (ROM) |
Marta Sznajder (POL),
Antti Saarilahti (FIN), Nora Labo (ROM) |
David Himler (AUT),
Patricio Kingston (ARG), Woo Chan Lee (KOR), Jutta Obertegger (ITA), Jae Won Choi (KOR) |
Roberta Di Nanni (ITA), Agnieszka Kurzemska (POL), Marcin Kotowski (POL) |
| 14th | 2006 | Cosenza (Italy) | Efe Murat Balikcioglu (TUR) | Mateusz Chaberski (POL) | Saila Kakko (FIN) | Alexander Johann (DEU),
Santiago Auat (ARG), Stefano Burzo (ITA), Margherita Busti (ITA), Anna Drozdowicz (POL), Florin-Radu Gogianu (ROM), Carmen Kautto (FIN), Conrad Krausche (SUI), Maximilian Huber (AUT), Sara Musi (ITA), Shapira Shiri (ISR), Andras Schuller (HUN), Joseph Steinlechner (AUT), Daniel Thoms (DEU), Peter Ujma (HUN), Christian Danielov Vatchkov (BUL) |
| 15th | 2007 | Antalya (Turkey) | Zeynep Pamuk (TUR) | Daria Cybulska (POL),
Stefan Stefanovic (SRB) |
Alexander Johann (DEU),
Martin Hergouth (SLO), Soh Hyun-Min (KOR) |
Elena Alexandra Corbu (ROM),
Matthias Hoernes (AUT), Milena Alexandrova Alexandrova (BUL), Filip Taterka (POL), Clara Kropivsek (SLO), Corina Cristine Lefter (ROM), Heidi Meriste (EST), Luca Vegetti (ITA), Bernát Iváncsics (HUN), Christoph Schachenhofer (AUT), Nanako Kurioka (JPN) |
| 16 | 2008 | Iaşi (Romania) | Jan Seidel (DEU)
Sergiu Matei Lucaci (ROM), Maria Alexandra Baneu (ROM) |
Conrad Krausche (SUI),
Heta Nuutinen (FIN), Andrea Beghini (ITA), Michal Godziszewski (POL) |
Arina Cristina Baibarac (ROM),
Helene Sorgner (AUT), Denis Tramonte (ITA,) Tal Yankovitz (ISR), Kristina Kashfullina (RUS) |
Perczel János (HUN), Vallari Sawant (IND), Adrian Cristian Ardelean (ROM), Toth Olivér István (HUN), Maria Ciurchea (ROM), Antoine Vuille (SUI), Yuval David Hananel (ISR), Illia Gorbachev (RUS) , Lukas Paltanavicius (LTU), Dalius Petrulionis (LTU), Sebastian Köthe (DEU) |
| 17th | 2009 | Helsinki (Finland) | Sarri Nironen (FIN) | Eliza Tymianska (POL)
Petar Penev (BUL) |
Kristina Kashfullina (RUS)
Luiza Pasca (ROM) |
Hyun-Kyu Kim (KOR), Ayse Dilek Izek (TUR), Pietari Kupiainen (FIN), Patrick Mujunen (FIN) |
| 18th | 2010 | Athens (Greece) | Aljaž Jelenko (SVN) | Kacper Kowalczyk (POL), Jae Hyun Yoo (KOR) | Valeriu Alexandru Cuc (ROM), Josef Piras (ITA)
Tibor Backhausz (HUN) |
Anita Ignatova (BUL), Nikolina Budan (HRV), Anna Smertina (EST), Paul Kuuse (EST), Karoliina Juulia Pulkkinen (FIN), Tapani Pulkkinen (FIN), Platias Nikolaos (GRC), Chitra Adkar (IND), Alessio Rocca (ITA), Tae Heun Kim (KOR), Ignas Rubikas (LIT), Erik Ramberg (NOR), Henning Rognlien (NOR), Irina Horodinca (ROM), Muriel Leuenberger (SUI), Firat Akova (TUR) |
| 19th | 2011 | Vienna, Austria) | Nikolaj Møller (DNK) | Chang Hyun Choi (KOR)
José Rodrigues (PRT) |
Niklas Plaetzer (DEU)
Sakari Nuuttila (FIN) Stavros Orfeas Zormbalas (GRC) |
Mustafa Ayçiçegi (TUR), Tibor Backhausz (HUN), Franziska Bahl (AUT), Miguel de la Riva (DEU), Cristina Costina Diamant (ROM), Vanessa Gstrein (AUT), Milana Kostic (SRB), Jwa Seong Lee (KOR ), Luka Mikec (HRV), Dominykas Milašius (LTU), Patrick Mokre (AUT), Junho Oh (CAN), Thierry Schütz (SUI), Barbara Šoda (HRV), Marie Vestergaard-Thomsen (DEN) |
| 20th | 2012 | Oslo (Norway) | Sarah Yoon (KOR), Tadas Kriščiūnas (LTU) | Jeff Granhøj (DEN),
Aleksi Korpela (FIN), Myrto Vlazaki (GRE), Nishith Bharat Khandwala (IND), |
Niklas Plaetzer (Germany),
Abhinav Suresh Menon (IND), Stian Follevaag Ersvær (NOR), |
Kasper Siim Viftrup (DEN),
Vaclav Masek Sánchez (GUA), Guy Yassor (ISR), Sun Young Hwang (KOR), Justine Zepa (LAT), Michail Sklaskis (LTU), Djuro Ilic (MNE), Sadaf Soloukey (NL), Lars Borge Hellesylt (NOR) , Diogo José Martins Lopes (POR), Corina Ezaru (ROM), Darko Peric (SRB), |
| 21st | 2013 | Odense (Denmark) | Róbert Palasik (HUN) | Theo Anders (AUT),
Abhinav Menon (IND), Hye Jin Lee (KOR) |
Petra Požgaj (KRO) | Juan Nigri (ARG), Esteban van Volcem (BEL), Martin Kamenov Iliev (BUL), Anton Thorell Steinø (DEN), David Therkildsen (DEN), Magnus Baunsgaard Kris (DEN), Ida Mosegaard (DEN), Märt Belkin (EST ), Neal Graham (Germany), Jonathan Krude (Germany), Maria Oikonomoy-Makrygianni (GRE), Lauris Zvirbulis (LAT), Misa Skalskis Lithuania
Dominika Pankow (POL), José Forte (POR), Vraciu Cosmin Petru (ROM), Denis Horvat (SLO), Léonore Stangherlin (SWI), Patrick Côté (SWI) |
| 22nd | 2014 | Vilnius (Lithuania) | Vulpe dan Cristian (ROM),
Elina Karastie (FIN), Jakob Gomolka (DEU), Lukas Jonuška (LIT) |
Jacob Karlsson Lagerros (SWE),
Beatriz Santos (POR), Iván György Merker (HUN), Abhishek Dedhe (IND), João Madeira (POR), Tadas Temčinas (LIT), Radosław Jurczak (POL), Chagajeg Soloukey Tbalvandany (NED) |
Benedikt Zöchling (AUT),
Rafail Zoulis (GRE), Maša Marić (CRO), Justinas Mickus (LIT), Janko Zeković (MON), Francisco Ríos Vinuela (SPA), Bernt Johan Damslora (NOR), Jani Patrakka (FIN) |
Federico Aguilar (ARG),
Chan Park (KOR), Sophus Svarre Rosendahl (DEN), Viviana de Santis (ITA), Yuki Kanai (JAP), Martin Molan (SLO), Marta-Liisa Talvet (EST), Rūta Karpauskaitė (LIT), Vraciu Cosmin Petru ( ROME) |
| 23 | 2015 | Tartu (Estonia) | Iván György Merker (HUN),
Antti Autio (FIN) |
Chagajeg Soloukey Tbalvandany (NED),
Eleftherios Chatzitheodorides (GRE), David Gjorgoski (MAC), Martin Molan (SLO), Sandro Huber (AUT), Neven Borak (SLO), Abhishek Dedhe (IND), Öznur Hancı (TUR) |
Ludovico Machet (ITA)
Dārta Paula Šveisberga (LAT) Rosaria Caddeo (ITA) Stanisław Jędrczak (POL) Teodora Groza (ROM) Anda Maria Zahiu (ROM) |
Ivona Janjic (SER),
Antonina Jamrozik (POL), Ana Bellamy (GUA), Augustė Saladytė (LIT), Konstantin Krasimirov Tumanov (BUL), Lara Gafner (SWI), Helen Maria Raadik (EST), Liisi Voll (EST), Petar Soldo (CRO), Niklas Uhmeier (DEU), Fredrik Johnsson (SWE), Zsolt Hegyesi (HUN), Kyu Bo Shim (KOR), Ragna Heyne (DEU), Viachaslau Verashchahin (BEL), Nadal Abril Lucia Molina (ARG), Alžběta Vítková (CZE) , Audun Rugstad (NOR), Deyan Kirilov Madzharski (BUL) |
| 24 | 2016 | Ghent (Belgium) | hsan Barış Gedizlioğlu
Eui Young Kim, Jungho Choi |
Hana Samaržija
Teodora Groza, Johanna U. Marstrander, Drishtti Rawat |
Fabian Strobel,
Svit Komel, Matthijs de Jong, Sarp Çelikel, Sara Pyykölä |
Liwia Rogalewicz,
Anna Morandini, Tathagat Bhatia, Sonja Stiebahl, Alexandre Eira, Uladzislau Voinich, Anna Skácelová, Ábrahám Horváth, Jan Brändle, Matija Pušnik, Roberta Del Pezzo, Andreea Ioana Aelenei, Matthias Verlinden, Emil Kotzev, Lilja Helošnis Li, Aistė Gruušnis Li , Tomoki Ishikawa, Daan Van Cauwenberge, Ruben Algoet, Pavel Belkevich, Polina Perova, Frederico Cardoso, Sol Gigena |
| 25th | 2017 | Rotterdam (Netherlands) | Mor Divshi
Nóra Schultz, Milan Milenović |
Álvaro Salgado Carranza, Hrvoje Kožić, Victor Mordhorst, Rosalie Looijaard,
Mihnea Bâlici |
Michal Karlubik, Konstantinos-Marios Konstantinou, Arth Gupta, Kaarel Hänni, Crista Erales | Carolien Krekt, Antonio Piltcher, Reinis Cirpons, Isaias Moser, Edoardo Calvello, Leonie Hong,
Tathagat Bhatia, Amanda Häkkinen, Laura Evers, Lóránt Kiss, Baoyi Ni, Vasilen Vasilev, Boris Janevski, Martina Fridl, Simon Derudder, Danilo Djukanovic, Karolina Bassa, Ajuna Soerjadi, Franciszek Cudek, Arkadiy Saakyan |
| 26th | 2018 | Bar (Montenegro) | Radka Pallová, Amanda Häkkinen, Michal Karlubik | Yastika Guru, Freja Værnskjold Dzougov, Álvaro Lopes | Martina Fridl, Yoshiyuki Ishikawa, Sagnik Anupam, Mihail Larkov, Daantje de Leur | Luis Anngel Meza-Chavarría, Tobias Heidenreich, Monique Murer, Terachet Rojrachsombat, Stefan Capmare, Zhengyu Ging, Tzu Kit Chan, Maria Sara Fraser, Iulia Natalia Mitrache, Paulina Kaczyńska, Gaeun Kim, Javier Sanz González, Martin Topić, Paul Johannes Kalda, Meggy Michaud, Thomas Valerio, Valerija Baždar |
| 27 | 2019 | Rome (Italy) | Ksenia Korotenko, Victor Mršić | Bendik Hovet, Kenneth Martin, Manya Bansal, Yanying Lin | Duarte Lourenco Marcos Correia Amaro
Marija Brašanac, Mehmet Tüfek, Noam Furman, Rei Yatsuhashi, Tomaž Žgeč, Tuomas Ansio |
Bruno Zarate Scheinsohn, Shuyan Wang, Jan Štohanzl, Richard Křesina, Clara Luna Nordahl Bang, Bolø Minik Christoffersen, Hans Kristjan Veri, Mathilde Loiseleur, Lars Krappel, Yastika Guru, Agnese Galeazzi, Melania El Khayat, Giulia Franchi, Massimo Bertolotti, Yuki Kappel , Hyoseo Lauren Yoon, Rihards Ošenieks, Orestas Razumas, Diogo Pinto Nogueira, Muhammad Amir Rafiq Rafee, Aleksa Petkovic, Santiago Altamirano Salcedo, Dianique Poppe, Beatriz Tiago, Victor-Ioan Popa, Horia-Ștefan Lixandru., Krištško., Richard Vaštško, Tamara Milic Ocvirk, Sofía Medina Plasencia, Oona Nim Kumah Wälti, Defne Hadiş, Etta Selim |
| 28 | 2020 | Lisbon (Portugal) |
literature
- Jonas Pfister, "Les Olympiades de philosophie dans l'enseignement" (2009), Diotime. Revue internationale de didactique de la philosophie, 41 (07/2009). On-line
- Juha Savolainen, Pekka Elo, Satu Honkala, Rebecca Cingi (eds.): IPO Helsinki Finland 2009 , Publications of The Finnish National Commission for UNESCO no 85, 2010.
- Moris Polanco (2015), Cómo escribir un ensayo de filosofía: Con especial referencia a la Olimpiada Internacional de Filosofía. Create space. Independent Publishing Platform.
- Ivan Kolev (2016), International Philosophy Olympiad. In: Peters M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore, 1158-1164.
- Frank Murphy (2017), "International Philosophy Olympiad: A Writing Challenge for Young Philosophers. With an Appendix: How To Write a Philosophy Essay. A Guide for IPO Contestants", Journal of Didactics of Philosophy , Vol. 1, 2017, 49– 66.
Web links
- Homepage of the German Philosophy Olympiad
- Homepage of the Austrian Philosophy Olympiad
- Homepage of the Swiss Philosophy Olympiad
- Homepage of the IPO
Individual evidence
- ^ Moufida Goucha, Philosophy. Une école de la liberté, Paris: UNESCO, 2007, p. 89.
- ↑ Ivan Kolev (2016), International Philosophy Olympiad. In: Peters M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore, p. 1159.
- ↑ https://www.fisp.org/olympiad
- ^ UNESCO, Conclusions of the International Study Days: Philosophy and Democracy in the World, February 15-16, 1995.
- ↑ http://www.philosophy-olympiad.org/